'The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as World Championship Tennis. The ATP's Executive Offices are in London, England. ATP Americas is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA; ATP Europe is headquartered in Monaco; and ATP International, which covers Africa, Asia and Australasia, is based in Sydney, Australia.
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ATP Abu Dhabi World Challenge
Match scheduled:Date:02-01-2010
from 13:00 until 15:00 GMT
Competition: ATP Tour Tennis tournaments, for Men
Broadcast : Live
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer :
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of the 28th of December 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has won 15 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player. He is one of six male players to have captured the career Grand Slam. Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 21 career Grand Slam finals, and as of September 2009, has reached the semi-finals or better of the last 22 Grand Slam tournaments, a record streak that spans over five years.[12] Federer also holds the record of reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and has appeared in 17 of the last 18. As a result of his successes in tennis, Federer was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for four consecutive years (2005–2008)Rafael Nadal :
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel naˈðal]) (born 3 June 1986) is a former World No. 1 Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked #2. Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004 and 2009.
Nadal was ranked World Number #1 from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. In 2009, he became the first player to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass and hardcourt. His success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay".
Nadal was ranked World No. 2, behind Roger Federer for a record 160 weeks before earning the top spot.He has subsequently lost this position again to Federer following the Swiss player's triumphs at the 2009 Madrid Open (where Federer beat Nadal in the final), the French Open and Wimbledon, as well as Nadal's own withdrawal from Wimbledon due to injury. In 2008, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis.
